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* [[Nifca and Molta plate folders|Sirius]]: 105/4.5 (observed) | * [[Nifca and Molta plate folders|Sirius]]: 105/4.5 (observed) | ||
* [[Super plate folders|Super and Special Super]]: f/4.5 (advertised) | * [[Super plate folders|Super and Special Super]]: f/4.5 (advertised) | ||
| − | * [[Tokiwa plate folders|Tokiwa]]: 105mm f/4.5 (observed) | + | * [[Tokiwa plate folders|Tokiwa]]: 105mm f/6.3 and 105mm f/4.5 (observed) |
* [[Weha plate folders|Weha]]: 105mm f/6.3, 105mm f/4.5 and 130mm f/4.5 (observed) | * [[Weha plate folders|Weha]]: 105mm f/6.3, 105mm f/4.5 and 130mm f/4.5 (observed) | ||
* [[Idea (metal)|Weha Idea]]: f/6.3 and f/4.5 (advertised) | * [[Idea (metal)|Weha Idea]]: f/6.3 and f/4.5 (advertised) | ||
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The lens name Heliostar is found on various Japanese cameras of the late 1920s and early 1930s. The full engraving is Heliostar Anastigmat München and is easily mistaken for Hellostar. The maker's name is not indicated, and the exact origin of this lens is unknown.
List of cameras equipped
This list is incomplete, and not all the versions have a Heliostar lens:
- Arcadia: 105mm f/4.5 (observed)
- Light: 105/4.5 (reported)
- National (4×6.5): f/6.3 (advertised)
- Nifcarette: 75mm f/6.3 (observed)
- Sirius: 105/4.5 (observed)
- Super and Special Super: f/4.5 (advertised)
- Tokiwa: 105mm f/6.3 and 105mm f/4.5 (observed)
- Weha: 105mm f/6.3, 105mm f/4.5 and 130mm f/4.5 (observed)
- Weha Idea: f/6.3 and f/4.5 (advertised)
Heliostar 105mm f/6.3 lenses were also supplied for enlargers.[1]
Links
In Japanese:
- Unknown plate folder with a Koilos shutter and a Heliostar lens, at the Monomono blog
- Heliostar enlarging lens at Takasaki Motohiro's camera site
